This is the Greenbelt’s longest marked trail. Its northeastern trailhead at the Greenbelt’s Deere Park can be accessed from Staten Island Boulevard. Walk the trail to its end, near the Brielle Avenue-Roanoake Street intersection in Willowbrook, and you will either pass through or have a view of each of the Greenbelt’s five distinct vegetation zones.

Name

Location

Park Name

Length

Greenbelt Nature Center Trail

Rockland & Brielle avenues

La Tourette Parks & Golf Course

0.85 miles

Difficulty

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Limited Access

Easy

This gentle walk takes you through a forest of red maple, black birch, cherry, tulip, and sassafras trees. In the understory, there is an abundance of spicebush, which produces bright red berries in the fall. The trail connects to the blue trail and the white trail.

Name

Location

Park Name

Length

Greenbelt Red Trail

Richmond Road and St. Patrick's Place

La Tourette Parks & Golf Course

4.0 miles

Difficulty

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Accessible

Limited Access

Easy/Moderate

This loop trail is in the heart of the Greenbelt, which is also home to six other picturesque hiking trails on which urban explorers can discover Staten Island’s vast preserves of natural spaces. The red trail crosses over Buck’s Hollow, Heyerdahl Hill, the northern edge of LaTourette golf course and the neighborhood of Lighthouse Hill. Want to make a full day of it? A pathway leads from the trail downhill to Historic Richmond Town, where you can walk through a preserved 18th century village.

Connects to Great Kills Park of the Gateway National Park System Service.

Name

Location

Park Name

Length

Greenbelt Yellow Trail (Southwest Trailhead)

Richmond Avenue & Forest Hill Road

La Tourette Parks & Golf Course

8.0 miles

Difficulty

Other Details

Accessible

Limited Access

Moderate/Difficult

Traverses the entire Greenbelt from its Northeast corner in the community of Todt Hill to its Southwest corner in New Springville; access Moses' Mountain at Rockland Avenue and Manor Road behind bus stop.